1984

Saloon Stock Cars - 45 cars 

*** my records would indicate that these drivers did not appear at a meeting in 1984. 

### to my knowledge these drivers did not get the benefit of being named in the programme in 1984. No 86 probably particularly aggrieved, making at least 4 meetings.

Superstox - 27 cars 

*** you would think with a relatively poor total of Superstox drivers competing in 1984 that every new driver making an appearance & presumably purchasing a license would get the privilege of appearing in the programmes.  Not so. However Gordon McDougall (that is the "Mad Jock" G McD provider of "knockhillimages@smugmug.com", has come up with a few of the missing names. Cheers Gordon.

Hot Rods - 19 cars 

 Another poor total of competitors, inflated by four drivers *** from the Newtongrange promotion at the first meeting of the season only. Unbelievably again not all competitors listed in the programmes.

Stock Rods - 73 cars  

No namers 30 & 57 competed in no less than 5 meetings each!

Ministox - 22 cars 

Some outrageous no namers in the Ministox Nos 616, 620, & 602. No 616 I believe is Gail Peace - 12 meetings, No 620 I believe is Gavin Burns - 5 meetings, sadly No 602 - 4 meetings remains anonymous.

1300 Saloon Stock Cars - 23 cars 

No records of the 5 drivers in italics ever having competed in a meeting in 1984.

Saloon Stock Points Champion 1984 Keith Jarman Heading Eddie Aldous In This Shot (photo retrostox.co.uk

Saloon Stock Cars - Points Chart 

The points charts published in the programmes were not the best. In the past we had been spoiled to a certain extent by Spedeworth Scotland when we were provided with ALL points scorers during the season.            
The Saloon Stock chart was the most ridiculous of all of them - NO YELLOW TOPS WERE LISTED in the end of season points chart. It wasn't just the fans that were provided with this rubbish. The driver's Newsletter was just a photocopy of that which had been printed in the programme. The amazing thing is, that it was then re-printed again the same way in the programme at the start of the 1985 season. Really quite poor.            
Anyway a bit of research indicates that there would have been at least 5 yellow tops & the points these drivers accrued is indicated above.            
The balance of the drivers in the charts are white tops - unfortunately without the points totals. 

MEETINGS ATTENDED IN 1984** 

 ** MINIMUM

Most Wins in 1984

MARCH

Not a huge turn out of cars for the opening meeting on the 4th March at 17 cars. Mind you only 19 cars were listed in the programme. 3 different winners, though all driving Ford Escorts, with Robert Bruce winning the first heat whereupon car maladies forced his withdrawal from the rest of the meeting. James Carnie (I believe from white grade) held on in a very damaging 2nd heat where only 5 cars finished. It was World Champion Gordon Brown who was the season's first Final victor completing a successful day where he ended up top point scorer. Harry Burgoyne & Bob McKay followed Gordon home in the Final. Robert Gold's venture into the Saloons looked very promising with a heat 7th & Final 4th.

11th March, wet & dreich conditions greeted fans & competitors. If Robert Gold's form from the previous week had looked encouraging a clean sweep (by some distance) certainly created a lot more attention. James Carnie could feel rightly aggrieved as his performance would have provided the headline, had it not been for "Goldie", with a heat 4th & 2nd, going on to a Final 2nd. Indeed this earned James 2nd top points scorer for the meeting. Long time Banger expert Colin Robertson took 2nd in the Final. Only 15 cars at this meeting.

A couple more heat wins for Gordon Brown on a freezing Sunday on the 18th March & a fine win in the Final to Harry Burgoyne. It was though Robert Gold who top scored again by coming home 2nd in each race. A move to take the lead of the Final by spinning Gordon Barclay went pear shaped. A tactic used quite extensively in the Stock rods too! Robert Bruce was 3rd in the Final. The 2nd heat was called with 4 laps to go when Stock Rod star man Gordon Campbell rolled and got injured forcing a trip to hospital. Gordon had not had such a successful venture into Saloon Stocks as "Goldie" having badly damaged his car at the first meeting of the season. The Final was also brought to a halt after a brutal tangle between Gordon Brown & Dave Forrest. Dave was injured & dramatically attended to by the medics while lying on the track. Dave was also carted off to hospital, though thankfully it turned out he was not seriously injured. Gordon Brown was excluded from the re-start due to his car being damaged too badly to be safe. Though as being partly the cause of the stoppage that shouldn't have been an issue in any case.

Ex Stock Rodder Gordon Cambell in nice looking Escort comes a cropper in last meeting in March (photo knockhillimages@smugmug.com)

The last meeting in March yet again saw Robert Gold to the fore, with heat win & 2nd & another Final win. Not many drivers enter a new formula with such success. Willie Miller was 2nd in the Final & the first success of the season of "Superstar" Keith Jarman in 3rd. "Superstar" status had been introduced by Spedeworth Scotland for the first time this season.
Keith Jarman & Bob Jones were the Superstars in the Saloon Stock formula during the first point scoring period.
The performances of "Goldie" however in the first period ensured that he would be on of the "Superstars" in the 2nd points period. Pretty impressive jump from yellow top. Gordon Brown collected another heat win, also continuing a successful start to the season, indeed Gordon was the 2nd Superstar for the next points period.

APRIL

April Fools Day & the Gordon Brown / Robert Gold show continued in the two heats, capturing the 1 / 2 finishing slots in that order. Gordon went on to complete the treble with victory in the Final. The Final was for the "Cecil" Trophy, a race uniquely where the combatants start in "Indian" file as opposed to the side by side formation. Gordon as a superstar of course had to come through the field right from the back. Worrying though only 14 cars competed in the meeting.

The 2nd meeting in April on the 8th brought about a complete change in proceedings with 3 different winners all taking their first flags of the season. Keith Jarman the first heat (where only 4 cars finished), proving there was still some speed in the old jalopy! A new car was imminent. Jimmy Forrest the 2nd & Allan Ross the Final which was for the "Stewards" Cup, Gordon Brown & Bob Jones the podium places. Allan was making his first appearance of the year endeavouring to defend his title. This he managed after Jimmy Forrest who had been well in the lead "lost" it and hit the fence (possibly due to a puncture).

Neil Petrie joined the winning list for the first time in 1984 on the 15th April, with heat & Final victories. Robert Bruce was the other heat winner & followed Neil home in the 2nd heat. Neil had to thank Robert in fact in no small way for his ultimate Final win as Robert involved himself in a big smash at the start of the race. It seemed Robert had been injured resulting in a stoppage.
Just prior to this Neil had been spun out by Keith Jarman & had fallen back to the rear of the field. A complete re-start allowed Neil to re-boot - he made the most of it. Also the field of cars reached 20 for the first time since the start of the season.

Another heat & Final victory on Easter Sunday the following week, this time for Bob McKay. Jimmy Forrest picked up another win in the 2nd heat. The story though was that each heat had been a battle between these two drivers for the win. In the first heat Jimmy was forced to follow Bob home. In the 2nd heat Jimmy spun Bob out of contention. While in the Final Bob returned the compliment on Jimmy.
Made a nice change at Cowdenbeath to see an Avenger (Bob McKay) leading home an Escort (Jimmy Forrest).

Bob McKay (unfortunately robbed) last meeting in April (photo knockhillimages@smugmug.com)

The battle for the honours in April's last get together, carried on from the previous week, this week Bob McKay took both the heats & Jimmy Forrest the Final. However the result in the Final was far from satisfactory, Bob was in fact in an unassailable lead in the Final with Jimmy in 2nd. Brother Davey Forrest (at least one lap down), took Bob out before the flag allowing Jimmy through for the win. Ever the apologist, commentator John Kelly stated in the following weeks programme "was there anything necessarily wrong with it, Saloon Stock racing is a contact sport after all". It might have been advantageous if John had read Gwen Cecil's Track Chat piece in the programme of the 18th March. Admittedly it was in relation to Bangers, (I'm sure even John would have conceded a more "contact sport" than Saloon Stocks). Gwen wrote "and only eliminate the other cars by removing them from behind, in no way must they sit on the side and wait for a car to come round". Of course Spedeworth Scotland took no action. Not the proudest moment for many concerned.

MAY

From the start of May, 3 Superstars now listed in the Saloon Stocks, Bob Jones in the leading spot (how did that happen, Bob had yet to win a race this season?), followed by Gordon Brown & Neil Petrie on equal points - hence the 3 Superstars in lieu of 2.                                                                                                                                                                                 Following the inaction of the Promoter's the previous week, as expected, things deteriorated further on the McKay / Forrest front. While battling for the lead in the first heat Jimmy Forrest retaliated to some contact from Bob McKay, they both crashed into the fence. Neil Petrie, who, despite collecting some collateral damage from the McKay / Forrest get together recovered and went on to collect the win. McKay's Avenger was too badly damaged to have any further impact on the meeting. In contrast Forrest however did acquire  some additional triumphs in the following events, by winning the next heat & the Final with Neil Petrie runner up on both occasions.

George Chirray - West of Scotland & East of Scotland Championships in one weekend (photo knockhillimages@smugmug.com)

An ambitious endeavour by Spedeworth Scotland over the 12th & 13th May, with 3 meetings, Saturday afternoon at Armadale, Saturday evening & Sunday afternoon at Cowdenbeath. The Saloon Stocks featuring at all meetings. 14 cars turned up at Armadale where the principal race was for the West of Scotland Championship. Armadale, as is often the case, threw up some interesting results, George Chirray winning both heats & the Championship race. The podium positions going to Gordon Barclay in 2nd & Willie Miller in 3rd.
 After Armadale giving us some interesting winners during the afternoon, who would be victorious on the Saturday evening at Cowdenbeath?
George Chirray of course winning both heats & the Championship race! The East of Scotland Championship in this case. Robert Bruce taking the 2nd spot & Willie Miller yet again in 3rd. Car numbers thankfully up to 21 cars.
The unexpected therefore became the expected on Sunday, however George could only manage a 2nd in the heat & 3rd in the Final, there were only two races on the last day's action. Bob McKay was first past the flag on both occasions, much to the approval of the crowd. Neil Petrie was 2nd in the Final.

Crowd favourite Bob McKay "the Avenger" continued his form from last Sunday at the 20th May meeting, first past the flag in the two heats. Bob did not complete the treble though when "the Avenger" developed mechanical problems & George Chirray won his 3rd Final in two weeks heading home Jimmy Forrest & Bob Jones. Unfortunately back to a disappointing 14 cars again.

27th May, wins for now regular "speed king" George Chirray & Neil Petrie. Robert Bruce battled through to his first Final win of the year, spinning out earlier winner George Chirray who ended up on his roof. "Best tactic of the day" pronounced track commentator John Kelly (he was a big Robert Bruce fan which he could often quite not contain). Of course John embarked on endless plaudits of this performance in the following weeks programme. In contrast George who you will recall had just won 3 Finals & 4 heats in two weeks had received the following comment "the final which was won by George Chirray (197)". Pity he hadn't spun someone out so that they landed on their roof! Neil Petrie was 2nd in the Final & Bob Jones 3rd.

JUNE

Meetings took place in the 1st June at Armadale & 3rd June at Cowdenbeath to which the Saloon Stocks were not invited, partly due to the World Championship taking place at Wisbech.

The World Championship was a victory for relative novice Saloon Stock driver Dirk Thomas from Belgium. Dirk had gone to the trouble of converting his Escort to right hand drive. Dirk also had the good luck of being drawn on the front row of the grid alongside Eddy Aldous who had been drawn in pole position. The highest position drawn by a Scottish driver was Willie Miller in 14th place. Much mayhem ensued at the start as you would expect , however Eddy & Dirk escaped all this to open up an early gap. Willie got spun out early on & then Keith Jarman (18th grid spot) crashed to a halt & could not re-start through starter motor issues.  Eddy had earned a substantial lead but received a lot of attention when lapping cars, delaying him enough to allow Dirk through into the lead. Robert George did try his best to eliminate Dirk on the last lap when he was being lapped - but failed. The best performance of the race was undoubtedly Bob Jones from grid position 31st, he fought his way through the field despite being a target for the rest of the drivers. Bob was closing down Dirk at an incredible rate of knots but running out of time. Conrad Self was 3rd, EddyAldous 4th, Martyn Parker 5th & Willy Barnes 6th.

Bob Jones the star of the 1984 World Saloon Stock Championship coming home for a fine 2nd spot

So 10th June was the next meeting for the Stock Saloons. Bob Jones received a good reception following his 2nd place in the aforementioned World Championship & he celebrated the occasion by beating Robert Bruce into 2nd place in the first heat. Robert bounced back in the 2nd heat to take the win from Neil Petrie.
These positions were reversed in the Final with Neil securing another Final. Gordon Barclay was 3rd. An incredibly low turnout of only 13 cars.

On the 17th June it was the return of the "old timers". Bob Jones was victorious in heat one. Keith Jarman at last debuted his long awaited new Escort, in which he looked very impressive taking heat two & the Final. Keith in fact was first past the flag in the first heat as well, however was penalised for some "secret rule infringement", which excluded him from the results of the first heat. Conversely a "well publicised rule infringement" (jumping the start) granted Keith the 2nd heat when Robert Bruce who was first past the flag was penalised one position. Ernie Burgoyne was 2nd & Neil Petrie 3rd.

Last meeting at Cowdenbeath for June and the difference reigning British Champion Keith Jarman's new car made was emphasised with a clean sweep of all races. Neil Petrie again showing well in the Final with a 2nd, he also achieved a 2nd in one of the heats. Robert Bruce was 3rd. 16 cars attended the meeting.

There may have been a meeting at Armadale on the 29th June where Saloon Stocks were in attendance. Unfortunately I have no details of the meeting.

Robert Bruce An Early July Final Winner (photo retrostox.co.uk)

JULY

1st July and another battle between two drivers ensued. It's amazing how many times this season meetings have turned out like this. On this occasion the pair were Keith Jarman & Robert Bruce, now there's a blast from the past. First clash went to Keith from Robert, with the positions then reversed for the next race & the Final. Allan Ross grabbed the 3rd slot in the Final.

The mid season break then came into effect. The Scottish Saloon Stock drivers had a customary successful foray down south at the Hot Rod World Championship Spedeweekend on the 7th & 8th July. The main Saloon Stock car race during the weekend was for the National Championship. Bob Jones motored home for a fine 2nd spot, sandwiched between winner Eddie Aldous & 3rd spot Conrad Self. Interestingly future star female F1 Stock Car pilot Jayne Beane finished 4th.

The other two heat races over the weekend went to Harry Burgoyne & Ray Goudy (Jayne Beane was 2nd in the latter). The Final went to who else but Keith Jarman leading home Conrad Self & Bob Jones.

Resumption of action after the holiday break on the 22nd July with the Scottish Saloon Stock Championship. The heat winners were Ernie Burgoyne & Neil Petrie. The Scottish Championship race itself was won for the 2nd time by Keith Jarman from Gordon Brown & Ernie Burgoyne. Keith did not start his campaign well being forced out with a puncture in the first heat, he drove more carefully in the 2nd to ensure qualification, collecting a 5th place finish. Keith's victory was reported by track commentator John Kelly with the headline "Mistake Lets Keith In For Victory". So it was a lucky win then? Not quite - you see John's fave Robert Bruce was the individual who made the mistake. He had been drawn on the 2nd row of the grid, while Keith was drawn on the 3rd row. The race - and what a race - developed between these two great rivals. Robert just had his nose if front for much of the race, however the incessant pressure "Forced" Robert into an error - he clipped a back marker and he spun out. Maybe a headline "Keith Pressures Great Rival Into Mistake To Take Title Victory" would have been better, giving both these great drivers the credit they deserved. It was very concerning that only 17 cars were able to take part in this important Saloon Stock meeting.

On the 29th July Jimmy Forrest won all the races, though the first race was only awarded to Jimmy after A) Keith Harman's half shaft departed from his car while in the lead & then B) Ernie Burgoyne was penalised for ???. Heat 2 was full of incident, a re-start was forced after John Ramsay got smashed into the fence on the warming up lap. Rab Gilmour executed a spectacular triple roll. Keith Jarman lost a rear wheel which managed to find its way into Neil Petrie's car which was following close behind. This could have been really nasty, Neil didn't bat an eyelid and sped on with his new passenger to collect 2nd place. Place getters in the Final were Keith Jarman in 2nd & Neil Petrie in 3rd.

AUGUST

In the August News Letter it was announced that 2 litre engines could now be used to the make of car intended.

Big weekend of action on the 4th & 5th August. I am not sure if this was classified as 3 meetings ie if you had to pay for 3 meetings or just a bit more for the 20 races that took place on the Saturday.
Proceedings commenced at 2.00pm, 9 races up until 5.30pm incorporating the British Saloon Stock Championship, Often one to step up for the big meetings was defending champion Keith Jarman ultimately unsuccessfully on this occasion, though it was in doubt for a time due to strange goings on at scrutineering. Jimmy Forrest was first past the flag & eventually officially crowned. Also exceptional performances from Ernie Burgoyne in 3rd & Eddie Aldous in 4th.There was also one Saloon Stock heat during the afternoon. Part 2 on the Saturday and Racing resumed at 7.00pm. Another two Saloon Stock heats culminating in the Final which was for the UK Challenge Shield. 
Keith Jarman bounced back from his near miss in the British by collecting this title, Ernie Burgoyne also finished one place higher in this one with a fine 2nd. Robert Bruce collected the 3rd spot, completing another Scottish 1,2,3.
On to Sunday and the first Saloon Stock Race was for the Open Scottish Championship - you guessed it first Keith Jarman, another title he happened to be defending, the placings this time to Conrad Self & Bob Jones. The last couple of laps were epic, Bob Jones took Conrad Self, then Keith Jarman went past Conrad & Bob, finally Conrad went past Bob again for the eventual finishing order. There was one other heat on the Sunday before the Final that was captured by Robert Bruce.

12th August & only 12 Saloon Stock cars, numbers had been poor this year but 12 cars was very disappointing, the Saloon Stock mayhem from the previous weekend obviously a contributor to the low total. The first two past the flag in each race was the same Robert Bruce completing a fine treble chased home by Keith Jarman in each case.

The 18th & 19th August was Banger meeting including the grandly titled "British Supreme Banger Championship" & the "UK Challenge Trophy", however there were two heats &  Final for the Saloon Stock cars on Sunday the 19th. The heats were shared between Robert Bruce & Keith Jarman as were the 2nd positions. In the Final it was Keith Jarman who was the victor, Robert Bruce failing to finish.

There was a Stock Rod / 1300 Stock Car / Ministox meeting at Armadale on the 25th August - unfortunately I have no records from that meeting.

Last of the August events and another 12 car meeting, familiar look to the first heat Robert Bruce first home followed by Keith Jarman, different face to the fore in the 2nd heat when Nat Hill took a win from the yellow grade followed by George Chirray, Keith Jarman & Robert Bruce could only manage 3rd & 4th in this one.
Come the 9 car Final though and it was Keith Jarman again taking victory, Bob Jones & Neil Petrie the 2nd & 3rd slots.

SEPTEMBER

On to September and in the first heat Robert Bruce took the win followed home by Keith Jarman. Heat 2 & Gordon Brown was back in the winning groove. The Final & Nat Hill continued his form from the previous week when he had picked up a heat win & a heat 2nd behind Gordon Brown by winning the Final ahead of hot shots Keith Jarman & Bon Jones.

Only 9 cars on the 9th September, interestingly there were 9 1300cc Stock Cars & 9 Superstox, amazingly also on the bill were Stock Rods 25 cars, Ministox 11 cars & Bangers 44 cars. This is surely THE illustration of where things went wrong & are still wrong to this day - too many formulae - not enough cars. There were apparently some drivers also racing "elsewhere", the programmes did not inform us who the drivers were or where they were racing, or indeed post "the event" how they fared. It is possible that the promoter's "plan" was to have only one heat & the Final - which was all that took place. This would additionally explain why only 9 cars appeared. Neil Petrie won the heat & Robert Bruce the Final.

Thankfully the following week the numbers shot up to 17 cars, Robert Bruce picked up the first heat followed home by John Burns who was back after a long lay-off starting from the yellow grade. Heat 2 & a close battle between Harry & Ernie Burgoyne, Harry's Sunbeam had moved into the lead, however pressure from Ernie in his Escort saw him take over, closing fast was Keith Jarman who got past Harry & then spun out Ernie on the last corner for the win. In the Final Keith did not leave it so late, taking over the lead from Harry Burgoyne half way through the race, Bob Jones also managed to get past Harry before the flag to take 2nd.

A very wet meeting on the 23rd September brought about more of the spinning out your adversary rather than the nudging wide, Robert Bruce dealt out the treatment to Jimmy Forrest in the first heat & then Ernie Burgoyne executed the same manoeuvre on Robert. The race developed into a battle between the yellow graders, Dave Forrest taking the victory from John Burns. John Burns took both the next heat & the Final.
 John's heat win was a tense affair as Robert Bruce relentlessly closed in, but only just missing out. It was Harry Burgoyne who got closest to John in the Final, Robert captured the 3rd spot.

The end of the month get-together, John Burns in his Celica won both heats, again with the fast closing red tops just running out of time, Keith Jarman in the first heat & Robert Bruce in the second. John again took up the front running spot in the Final & again it was Robert who hunted him down with Keith in turn closing on them both. Robert put the hit on John which went a bit awry mainly for Robert. Keith slipped past Robert & then passed John in the last lap. Robert recovering for 3rd.

OCTOBER

Into October & unfortunately an action packed days racing was again spoiled by lack of rule enforcement by the promotion. The heats were brilliant, Gordon Brown the winner of the 1st & Neil Petrie the 2nd. The Final was another cracker, John Burns was the early leader, Harry Burgoyne was the first from the blue grade up with John & he duly swept passed. The red tops were now up with the leader, Jimmy Forrest took up the running only for Neil Petrie to spin him out almost immediately. This delayed Neil allowing Harry back into the lead. Neil was right with Harry when Keith Jarman caught them both. They were both swept aside, however Harry awaited Keith on the next lap & hit him into the fence. Robert Bruce was gifted the win, Gordon Brown 2nd spot & George Chirray 3rd. It was inevitable that if this type of behavior was going to continue unpunished it would increase in frequency.

14th October. There was a  big pile up in the first heat in which British Champion Jimmy Forrest was injured suffering a broken ankle.
Robert Bruce went on to win this first heat from ex Banger stalwart Colin Robertson. Colin went one better capturing the 2nd heat.
John Burns got through into an early lead which he held on to the flag from Ernie Burgoyne & Neil Petrie.

Colin Robertson heat winner mid October under pressure from Robert Bruce (photo knockhillimages@smugmug.com)

The meeting of the 21st October was for the "Scottish Midland Championship". This was the 2nd year this race had been run & John Burns was defending his title. This was a championship which was arranged between Spedeworth Scotland & the Buxton promotion, essentially after Spedeworth Scotland found out that Gordon McDougall had suggested a similar competition between Newtongrange Saloon Stock drivers & the Buxton promotion the previous year. There is no doubt that the racing at Cowdenbeath was improved by the numerous Gordon McDougall initiatives that Spedeworth Scotland copied or usurped. The prize fund for the race, which was listed as being sponsored by Gwen Cecil, which seemed a little strange was 1^st £100, 2^nd £50, 3^rd £30, 4^th £15, 5^th £5, 6^th £5, with trophies going to the first three.

Jayne Beane & Ardian Thomson the best finishers from the Midlands in the Scottish / Midland Championship (photo knockhillimages@smugmug.com)

23 cars competed during the day including 7 visitors from Buxton. Neil Petrie won the first heat from Keith Jarman. First Buxton man home was John Howarth in 6th followed by current English Champion Kevin Clark in 7th, (incidently Kevin won this race utilising the ex Willie Miller car utilising a 2 litre engine fitted with twin carbs.)The first prize was £30. The 2nd heat & Keith Jarman was the victor this time, John Howarth improving his finishing position to 2nd. In the Championship Race John Burns zipped off into the lead from the front row, while English Champion Kevin Clark (from blue grade?) slotted into 2nd. Kevin then slipped through into the lead. Neil Petrie caught Kevin and endeavoured to spin him out, delaying them both & allowing John Burns back into the lead. Kevin recovered and attempted to slot past John, neck & neck they tangled with a tailender. Bob Jones grasped the chance & shot through for the Championship win - unbelievably Bob had not won a Final this season - however he is a man for the big occasion, Neil Petrie was the runner up & Robert Bruce 3rd, Jayne Bean collected 4th & the first Buxton driver home. A great effort by Jean as her car had been all but destroyed the previous week at Buxton. In comparison with the prize money for the English Championship, the Scottish / Midland Championship amounts were:- 1st - £100, 2nd - £50, 3rd - £30, 4th - £15, 5th - £10, 6th - £5.

Saloon Stocks were omitted from the programme on the 28th October so the 4th November was the last "proper" Saloon Stock meeting of the season.
I say "proper", but there were no National Points at stake & there were also novelty races for mechanics on the bill. The single heat on the day was another win for Robert Bruce. The "main" attractions for this meeting were the "Cock O' North" races for those who had won Finals & Championships. There were 10 competitors for the Saloon Stock version. It developed into a battle between Bob Jones & Keith Jarman, with the latter eventually triumphant. Keith collected a number of awards during the day in point of fact. He was awarded his National Points title award, the "Gwennie" award which was voted for by the spectators for each formula. Finally he received the "Roy Cecil Personality of the Year" also voted by the fans.

Superstox Points Chart

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